Comments on: Public Investment in Solar Power http://www.deeshaa.org/2007/12/04/public-investment-in-solar-power/ Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:41:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Notsure http://www.deeshaa.org/2007/12/04/public-investment-in-solar-power/comment-page-1/#comment-112536 Notsure Thu, 06 Dec 2007 01:25:09 +0000 http://www.deeshaa.org/2007/12/04/public-investment-in-solar-power/#comment-112536 $100B on this No Fing Way that should even be entertained. now thats some wacky gobar you are suggesting here. Lets start with the size of overall economy and not cash that goverment holds! That is misleading to say we hold that money. It was already known for a while that a nuclear weapon is feasible and so is space exploration. Add to the fact US had more brains and DID import them. What you are calling for is the Next central planning failure for India. $100B on this No Fing Way that should even be entertained.
now thats some wacky gobar you are suggesting here.
Lets start with the size of overall economy and not cash that goverment holds!
That is misleading to say we hold that money.
It was already known for a while that a nuclear weapon is feasible and so is space exploration.
Add to the fact US had more brains and DID import them.
What you are calling for is the Next central planning failure for India.

]]> By: 19.20.21 + Atanu Dey | Shlok Vaidya’s Thinking http://www.deeshaa.org/2007/12/04/public-investment-in-solar-power/comment-page-1/#comment-112535 19.20.21 + Atanu Dey | Shlok Vaidya’s Thinking Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:22:57 +0000 http://www.deeshaa.org/2007/12/04/public-investment-in-solar-power/#comment-112535 [...] got a great piece in the new issue of Pragati (PDF) on solar energy. Currently working on a writeup for [...] [...] got a great piece in the new issue of Pragati (PDF) on solar energy. Currently working on a writeup for [...]

]]> By: chandana http://www.deeshaa.org/2007/12/04/public-investment-in-solar-power/comment-page-1/#comment-112534 chandana Wed, 05 Dec 2007 19:55:14 +0000 http://www.deeshaa.org/2007/12/04/public-investment-in-solar-power/#comment-112534 Nice to see a post on my favourite topic, solar power! It's not a coincidence that there was a talk on renewable energy(http://www.onpointradio.org/shows/2007/12/20071204_a_main.asp) on NPR y'day and one of the guests was from a solar thermal energy company. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/10/02/2048420.htm Hope our government realizes this and realizes soon! Atanu, could you suggest some effective ways to shake the Indian government? Nice to see a post on my favourite topic, solar power! It’s not a coincidence that there was a talk on renewable energy(http://www.onpointradio.org/shows/2007/12/20071204_a_main.asp) on NPR y’day and one of the guests was from a solar thermal energy company.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/10/02/2048420.htm

Hope our government realizes this and realizes soon! Atanu, could you suggest some effective ways to shake the Indian government?

]]> By: The Rational Fool http://www.deeshaa.org/2007/12/04/public-investment-in-solar-power/comment-page-1/#comment-112529 The Rational Fool Tue, 04 Dec 2007 06:28:09 +0000 http://www.deeshaa.org/2007/12/04/public-investment-in-solar-power/#comment-112529 While the idea of solar energy for India as a mainstay for its development has merits, I am skeptical about some of the details. Storage is the most difficult problem to overcome in the use of solar energy. The availability factor for solar energy is very unfavorable (only a third of other conventional sources such as oil or nuclear, according to some studies). At its current state of the art, and in the foreseeable future, this practically rules out its use in most large, and even medium scale industries. Localized residential, agricultural, and small-scale industrial sectors present the best opportunities for solar energy. This decentralized model of generation and use is attractive in the Indian context, not merely from a technical perspective, but also from a political-economic perspective. The track record of governments in general, and the Indian government in particular, in industrial investment and innovation is abysmal, not withstanding success in an occasional Manhattan or Moon project. They are best left to their favorite vocation of generating a lot of hot air and nothing else. While the idea of solar energy for India as a mainstay for its development has merits, I am skeptical about some of the details. Storage is the most difficult problem to overcome in the use of solar energy. The availability factor for solar energy is very unfavorable (only a third of other conventional sources such as oil or nuclear, according to some studies). At its current state of the art, and in the foreseeable future, this practically rules out its use in most large, and even medium scale industries.

Localized residential, agricultural, and small-scale industrial sectors present the best opportunities for solar energy. This decentralized model of generation and use is attractive in the Indian context, not merely from a technical perspective, but also from a political-economic perspective. The track record of governments in general, and the Indian government in particular, in industrial investment and innovation is abysmal, not withstanding success in an occasional Manhattan or Moon project. They are best left to their favorite vocation of generating a lot of hot air and nothing else.

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